Wet field and planting 2mt oak trees will this help

[mendiplogs]

Italian Alder was very fast in test plots I remember that but it was mulched.

 

Hi JOHN CAN I get some 2mt tall be better thanks Jon

[arboriculturist]

Italian Alder was very fast in test plots I remember that but it was mulched.

 

Weed control / mulching can improve growth rates over 3 years by as much as 500%. ( Field trials I undertook) and significantly improve establisment rates.

 

So get the Roundup out Jon, pre-planting and thereafter April/ September for 3 years.

[SteveA]

Weed control / mulching can improve growth rates over 3 years by as much as 500%. ( Field trials I undertook) and significantly improve establisment rates.

 

So get the Roundup out Jon, pre-planting and thereafter April/ September for 3 years.

 

or.... kill everything else off for your own rewards.

It's of no wonder our habitat/ wildlife is in such a sorry state of affairs.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Weed control / mulching can improve growth rates over 3 years by as much as 500%. ( Field trials I undertook) and significantly improve establisment rates.

 

So get the Roundup out Jon, pre-planting and thereafter April/ September for 3 years.

 

No glypho thanks; this was 1x1m carpet or black plastic. The Seale Hayne Forestry plots were mulch orientated; chip vs nowt vs plastic vs carpet. Then guard types and so on...

[arboriculturist]

or.... kill everything else off for your own rewards.

It's of no wonder our habitat/ wildlife is in such a sorry state of affairs.

 

A controversial approach is never welcome, however the time saved could be spent on conservation activitivies - who's to say.

 

There is never a simple 'right' answer to any 'enviromental' issue.

 

I wonder how many have researched the manufacturing processes that are involved with making some of the weed suppressant products on the market - nasty.

[mendiplogs]

A controversial approach is never welcome, however the time saved could be spent on conservation activitivies - who's to say.

 

There is never a simple 'right' answer to any 'enviromental' issue.

 

I wonder how many have researched the manufacturing processes that are involved with making some of the weed suppressant products on the market - nasty.

 

Hi all thanks for help Jon

[slack ma girdle]

Good call. I hate our willow!

 

You seem to love the willow at the power station.

[SteveA]

A controversial approach is never welcome, however the time saved could be spent on conservation activitivies - who's to say.

 

There is never a simple 'right' answer to any 'enviromental' issue.

 

I wonder how many have researched the manufacturing processes that are involved with making some of the weed suppressant products on the market - nasty.

 

Sorry, I thought tree planting was a conservation activity.

 

There are a number of corn starch weed suppressant, discs, mats and membranes on the market... and biodegradeable tree guards.

 

I could hook out a couple of links later if anyone is interested.

 

cheers, steve

[SteveA]

You seem to love the willow at the power station.

 

Yeah, but the bit I don't like is how it grows back and spreads so fast.

Would Alder compete enough to hold the willow back?

 

ta

[slack ma girdle]

Japanese knotweed would do the job